Moto FBM (Fabbrica Bolognese Motocicli) 224 Via Battindarno, Bologna, Italy was founded in 1951 by Vittorio Minarelli and Franco Morini, nephew of Alphonso Morini. The two young Italian engineers produced 125 to 250cc motorcycle engines for other makers.

F. Morini is not Franco Morini

In 1954 Minarelli and Morini made their first moped engine, the P48 Pettirosso, a 48cc 2-stroke 2-speed cable-shift type, and later the P3 3-speed version. See Misc Italian, scroll to Moto FBM.

Motori Morini Franco is notMoto Morini. Moto Morini was founded in 1937 in Bologna Italy by Franco Morini’s uncle, Alphonso Morini. Alphonso Morini was an accomplished motorcycle racer and mechanic. Since 1925 he was building motorcycles and setting world records. Moto Morini is most famous in the US for their 1970’s 350cc V-twin motorcycle, Moto Morini 3½. See Wikipedia.

Motori Morini Franco is notF. Morini. F. Morini is a US-model moped brand name, made by Lem. See F. Morini.

1. Combined Parts List

This list came from the 1980 Marina Mobili Parts Catalog (black notebook) and 1985 Marina Mobili Parts Catalog and Master Price List, with 1988 updates (yellow notebook). It is for US models 1976-88. Other models from different times and places might also have some of these parts.

MMI: In the late 1970’s US moped dealers got their Morini engine parts from the bike brands they carried, such as Negrini, Malaguti, and Pacer. In the 1980’s Marina Mobili Inc (MMI) bought out those and many other brands, and combined the inventory into one source. MMI also imported parts directly from Italian manufacturers like Franco Morini, Minarelli, Dellorto, CEV, Grimeca, and others. Besides pedal-powered mopeds, Franco Morini 50cc kick-start engines were on US models of mini-cycles, such as 1970’s Indian (Italjet). Parts for those with S5K2, S5E, S5N, S5R, and S5T 50cc engines are included in this MMI master list.

Eight applications columns contain illustration numbers from these six illustrations.